migrants for another two years. ages. migrants for another two years. yes, it s a big nonsense migrants for another two years. a it s a big nonsense that we categorise them as migrants. we should get them out of these net migration figures because, as the vice chancellor said, they come and study for a period, one year for a masters, study for a period, one yearfor a masters, perhaps study for a period, one year for a masters, perhaps three for an undergrad, and by and large they leave. this is the most compliant visa category or categories in our system. students do respect the rules, they respect the terms and conditions of their visas and they go home when they finish their studies, so it s a nonsense. so are saying we have a skewed view of migration because you cost students as migrants. would you class their dependents as migrants? no, because they come and go with the person of they come and go with the person of the study visa so they wash out of the study visa so they wash o
good evening. for any government, a prime minister hearing his home secretary publicly criticising policy is not where it wants to be, but this pm finds himself embattled by his home secretary on two fronts. one is the question of whether she has broken the ministerial code for a second time, after seeking civil servants advice on how to handle a speeding offence. the prime minister has a decision to make on whether to ask his ethics adviser to investigate. the other is on migration an issue that is likely to dominate this week, as we await what are expected to be record net migration figures released on thursday. suella braverman last week criticised her own government s reliance on foreign workers. both rishi sunak and leader of the opposition keir starmer say they want to reduce overall numbers coming here but, other than a government plan to curb the number of dependents that overseas students can bring to the uk, specific measures appear to be in short supply. this week on news
the world bank has estimated that over 200 million people by 2050 may move for climate related reasons. in some countries, like bangladesh, we re seeing migration from coastal areas into inland cities because sea level rise is quite pronounced in some of these areas. we all remember the devastating floods in pakistan last year. events like that are going to lead people to migrate. also, in one of the areas where i have been doing research, in central america, we re seeing smallholderfarmers having to move because they ve experienced drought for multiple years in a row. the horn of africa has experienced consecutive failed rainy seasons since 2020, a pattern scientists found wouldn t have occurred without climate change. in 2022, the number of women and unaccompanied children migrating from the area to the gulf states doubled. and there s some evidence those affected by long term changes
to bear in mind that, if these are high skilled migrants, the government s policy has been to encourage this sort of migration to help fill important gaps in the labour market. it was borisjohnson who made it possible for international students to stay in the uk for two years after graduating to find work. for a country like the uk, with its globally respected higher education system and its need for more skilled workers to grow the industries of the future, there are deep structural reasons for large numbers of overseas students. whether or not those barriers should be overcome, it s unlikely to be easy to do so. i m joined now by charliejeffery, vice chancellor of york university, and by the labour mp meg hillier, chair of westminster s public accounts select committee, who last year looked at the financial stability of england s universities. i m alsojoined byjojohnson, universities minister under david cameron, theresa may and borisjohnson, and now a member of the house of lords. w
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